Girdle and brassiere and hold-down means therefor



H. s. GLYNN 2,525,666

GIRDLE AND'BRASSIERE AND HOLD-DOWN MEANS THEREFOR Oct. 10, 1950 FiledAug. 28, 1948 Snnentor Hue/v S. zy/v/v M (Ittornegs Patented Oct. 10,1950 MEANS THEREFOR Helen S. Glynn, Kansas City, Mo.

Application August 28, 1948, Serial No. 46,628

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a girdle and brassire and hold-down meanstherefor, and more particularly to the supporters on the girdle orcorset for holding the brassire in the desired position.

Heretofore in some instances brassires have been fastened to the tops ofgirdles or corsets but due to the tendency of the girdle or corset toride up, the brassire will also have a tendency to rise when worn, orbecoming loose above the girdle or corset.

Most girdles are provided on the lower edges with elastic hosesupporters and it is the principal object of the present invention toprovide elastic strips of material having their upper ends removablyattached to the lower edge of the brassire and their lower ends sewed tothe elastic supporters at the lower edge of the girdle or corset to holdthe brassire in the desired position and prevent its becoming loose andriding upwardly.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide hooks on the loweredge of the brassiere for receiving eyes in the upper ends of theelastic strips and placement of the elastic strips under the girdle andsewing the lower ends to the elastic supporters secured to the girdleand to provide a device of this character simple and economical tomanufacture and efiicient in operation.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention I haveprovided improved details of structure, the preferred form of which isillustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a prospective view of my invention showing the girdle,brassiere and hold-down devices applied thereto as worn by the person,with parts broken away to better illustrate the invention and theelastic strips being shown in dotted lines underneath the girdle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the brassiere, girdle andhold-down devices.

Fig. 3 is a prospective view of one of the holddown devices.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

I designates a brassiere having breast portions 2 and 3, sides 4 andrear portion 5 which extend around the body 6 of the user and the rearportions being fastened at the rear by the usual snaps or hooks asindicated at I (Fig. 2). The brassiere has a skirt depending tosubstantially the waist of the user. Shoulder straps 8 and 9 areprovided for the brassiere having adjustable fasteners as indicated atH].

II designates a girdle provided with supporters l2, preferably two infront and two in the rear,

for attaching to the hose (not shown) worn by the user, the supportersbeing secured to the lower edge of the girdle and provided with theusual fasteners as indicated at I3.

Atsubstantially the center of the front of the skirt portion of thebrassire in alignment with the breast portions 2 and 3 of the brassireare hooks 14 which may besewed or otherwise suitably secured to theskirt of the brassiere as best illustrated in Fig. 2. Also secured tothe back portions 5 of the skirt of the brassiere at substantiallydirected backwardly of the front hooks M are hooks l5 also secured bysewing or otherwise suitable means.

16 represents the hold-down device proper and I preferably provide fourin number, two in front and two in back of the body of the user. Thehold-down devices consist of a strip of elastic material provided with aloop H at the upper end. One side of the loop near the top thereof isprovided with an eyelet l8 adapted to engage the front hooks I4 and rearhooks IS on the skirt of the brassire. The lower ends of the strips [6are sewed to the upper ends of the elastic supporters lZ inside thegirdle as indicated at l9 (Fig. 2), the supporters being sewed orotherwise suitably secured to the lower edge of the girdle as is theusual practice. The devices are particularly adapted for use with longbrassieres which extend down and inside the girdle. The hooks and theeyelets, due to the loops, are so arranged that they do not contact thebody.

In use of a device constructed and assembled as described the lower endsof the strips 16 are attached to the supporters [2 on the inside of thegirdle and when the girdle is placed on the body the strips are pulledupwardly underneath the garment. The eyelets l8 engage the hooks l4 andI5 on the front and back of the brassiere respectively. The supportersl2 on the girdle are fastened to the hose and the device is ready to beworn.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided an improvedcombination girdle and brassiere with hold-down devices for the brassirewhich will prevent the brassire from riding upwardly and which will notpull on the girdle.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a girdle having a plurality of hose supporterssecured to the lower edge thereof and a brassiere having a skirt portionof a length to substantially meet the top of said girdle, said brassierehaving breast portions a plurality of elastic strips having their lowerends secured to the lower inside edge of said girdle adjacent said hosesupporters, loops on the upper ends of said strips, and means forsecuring the tops of said strips to the lower edge of the skirt of saidbrassire, said means including hooks on the lower edge of the skirtportion of the brassiere and eyes in said loops on the upper ends ofsaid strips engaging said hooks, the hooks on the front of the brassierebeing in substantial alignment with the breast portions of thebrassiere.

HELEN S. GLYNN.

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